It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Brendan Behan, (Feb 9 1923-1964), Irish dramatist, author; His humorous, vibrant books captured the spirit of Irish nationalism; best known for his autobiographical Borstal Boy, 1958.